Abstract: A device for processing captured-image signals, the device includes a pixel array having a plurality of lines, each having first pixels and second pixels including pixels interposed between the first pixels, a scanner configured to alternately perform, in one frame, first scanning for reading, from the pixel array, captured-image signals of the first pixels along each line in one of a direction from a first one of the lines to a last one thereof and a direction from the last line to the first line and second scanning for reading, from the pixel array, captured-image signals of the second pixels along each line in the other direction, and a processor coupled to a memory and configured to combine the read captured-image signals of the first pixels and the read captured-image signals of the second pixels.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit.

Abstract: An image display control apparatus includes a memory, a determination unit, and a display controller. The memory stores plural sets of information each set including image information indicating an image to be displayed on a display and at least one attribute concerning the image information, which are associated with each other. When one of plural images displayed on the display is selected, the determination unit determines whether or not the image information stored in the memory includes image information stored in association with an attribute relevant to an attribute associated with the selected image. The display controller performs display control to display a mark for a relevant image when displaying the plural images on the display in accordance with the image information stored in the memory and displaying on the display a relevant image based on the image information included in the stored image information.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for automatic recognition and capture of an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile terminal comprises a display unit, a memory, a camera module, and a controller. The controller is configured to set at least one image of an expected object in response to a user input thereof, receive an image of a object via the camera module, generate a match indication when the image of the object matches with the at least one image of the expected object beyond a threshold value, and capture the image of the object upon confirmation of the match indication.

Abstract: A four element lens system for use with an imaging sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements and an optical filter that are arranged sequentially in order from an object side to an imaging side. The lens elements are coated with an anti-reflective film. The lens system further includes an optical filter that is disposed at a distance from the imaging sensor. The lens elements are relatively positioned to each other to satisfy specific conditions. The lens elements further include thickness to diameters ratios that satisfy specific conditions.

Abstract: A focus evaluation value generation apparatus includes a low frequency image data generation unit configured to generate low frequency image data, a thinned image generation unit configured to generate thinned input image data and thinned low frequency image data, and a focus evaluation value generation unit configured to generate the focus evaluation value based on the thinned input image data and the thinned low frequency image data.

Abstract: An embodiment of an autofocus system is provided, including a height detection module, an image detection module, a movement unit and a processing unit. The height detection module is arranged to output a plurality of detection lights along a Z axis direction, wherein each of the detection lights has different focal lengths and different wavelengths such that the height detection module generates a dispersion region along the Z axis direction. The image detection module is arranged to capture an image of the focus position. The movement unit is arranged to move an object along the Z axis direction, wherein the object has an internal surface and an external surface. The processing unit determines whether the external surface and the internal surface are within the dispersion region according to the quantity of the energy peaks of a reflectance spectrum received by the height detection module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) formed with an image sensor, a holder formed at an upper surface of the PCB and mounted therein with at least one or more lenses, an actuator positioned at the holder, and an electronic circuit pattern layer formed on the holder.

Abstract: An imaging device may include a housing, an image sensor IC in the housing, a lens adjacent the image sensor IC, and a cap over the lens and having an adhesive filling opening therein. The cap, the housing, and the lens may define an adhesive receiving cavity therein and in communication with the adhesive filling opening. The imaging device may also include adhesive material within the adhesive receiving cavity touching the cap, the housing, and the lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module, the module including a case embedded with a lens, a base supporting the case and formed with a window for passing an optical image emitted by the lens, the window being formed with a staircase unit, and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with the base and an image sensor for converting the optical image to an electrical signal.

Abstract: A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user's body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm.

Abstract: A display apparatus having a display driving unit on a lower part is provided. The LCD display apparatus includes a signal processing unit which performs video decoding, video scaling, and conversion into high-quality video on an input video; and a driving unit which is disposed closer to a lower end of the LCD display apparatus than to an upper end of the LCD display apparatus, and drives a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to display a video output from the signal processing unit on the LCD panel.

Abstract: The present data structure includes content data indicating content of an original image and identification data indicating whether a transmission format is a first or second format, the first format being a format that divides the original image into n areas (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and transmits the n area images on first to n-th channels, and the second format being a format that divides the original image into n images (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) with definition lower than the original image and transmits the n images on first to n-th channels. Accordingly, realization of an image receiving apparatus that can handle the single scan format and the block scan format is facilitated.

Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus, which is capable of receiving, as inputs, images transmitted in first and second formats, includes a determination circuit that determines the first and second formats on the basis of correlation among a plurality of pieces of pixel data input in parallel with one another from the first to n-th channels, and a mapping circuit that sorts the plurality of pieces of pixel data in accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination circuit. According to the aforementioned configuration, an image signal processing apparatus that can handle two formats that divide the original image into n images and transmit the n images on n channels can be realized.

Abstract: The present invention enables an image signal processing that can improve color representation of an image signal converted from YCrCb 4:2:2 format to YCrCb 4:2:0 format.

Abstract: A TV and wireless electronic device combination system includes a TV monitor having set therein a TV display system, a wireless electronic device, a data stream connected between the wireless electronic device and the TV display system of the TV monitor using Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) or data packet transmission technology. The TV display system includes a CPU for processing data stream, and a mirror image transmission device for feeding back mirror image picture to the wireless electronic device.

Abstract: A circuit for detection of an HDMI source device to an HDMI sink device through an HDMI sink connector without regard for the activity state of the HDMI source device has a pull-up resistor connecting a DC power source to the DDC/CEC ground node. The node is readable as a binary signal to indicate the presence of a source device to the HDMI sink connector, where the node exhibits a logic low signal when either the node is grounded by the DDC/CEC GROUND pin connection to a source device or when a switching device is switched on. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for receiving additional object information regarding a particular object in at least one frame from among a sequence of a plurality of frames included in image media are provided. The method includes receiving selection of a reference frame including a target object, and receiving selection of the target object in the reference frame; receiving, as an input, additional object information regarding the target object; tracking the target object in each of frames disposed subsequent to the reference frame in the sequence and frames prior to the reference frame in the sequence; extracting target object information from a result of tracking the target object; and building a target object-related information database including at least one of the additional object information regarding the target object and the extracted target object information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having an input unit for inputting an image signal and an image corrector for correcting the input image signal is disclosed. The image corrector is arranged to extract from the input image signal a specular reflection component and a diffuse reflection component and generate a corrected image signal based on a computation result with respect to these specular and diffuse reflection components thus extracted. This image corrector is adaptable for use in various types of image processors, including projectors, display devices and imaging devices.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for displaying a live view image obtained by implementing special effect processing on an image data on a monitor comprises an image processing unit that implements a plurality of types of special effect processing on the image data to generate a plurality of sets of special effect image data corresponding respectively to the plurality of types of special effect processing, and a control unit that displays the plurality of sets of special effect image data on the monitor while switching the plurality of sets of special effect image data automatically in time series.

Abstract: A system and associated method are provided for generating a video associated with an environment of a user device. The method includes: receiving information about a position of the user device over a wireless communication link; combining, using a processor, image information from a database stored in a memory that did not originate from the user device with the information about the position of the user device; and providing an image or video based on the combined image information.

Abstract: A video signal processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a motion vector detection unit and a plurality of interpolated image generation units. The motion vector detection unit detects an interpolated motion vector which represents a motion between a first broad image and a second broad image. Each of the interpolated image generation units generates an interpolated partial image corresponding to a divided area by using a first partial image of a first frame, a second partial image of a second frame, and the interpolated motion vector.

Abstract: A high definition multimedia interface using a modified format switcher for controlling electronic hardware. The modified format switcher enables infrared, RS-232, TCPIP, audio, and consumer electronics control interconnection with the high definition multimedia interface.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an HDBaseT receiver circuit that receives signals based on N (N is an integer number satisfying N?2) standards that can be transmitted as HDBaseT signals; a dedicated receiver circuit that is compliant with only a first standard of the N standards and receives signals of the first standard; a signal processing unit that processes the signals received by the HDBaseT receiver circuit or the dedicated receiver circuit; and a circuit switching unit that switches an output target circuit that outputs the signals of the first standard to the signal processing unit to one of the HDBaseT receiver circuit and the dedicated receiver circuit.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an input unit, and a determining unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of scenes included in a scene group and characteristic amounts which are extracted from a series of plural frames included in the respective scenes in the scene group, in association with each other, defining one scene out of the plurality of scenes included in the scene group as a typical scene and the other scenes as a derived scene, the scene group being a group of a plurality of scenes derived from a common scene. The input unit inputs a characteristic amount which is extracted from each of the frames of a new scene. The determining unit determines whether the new scene represented by the inputted characteristic amount is the derived scene of the scene group or not by verifying the inputted characteristic amount with the characteristic amount of the typical scene of the scene group stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A high definition multimedia interface using a modified format switcher for controlling electronic hardware. The modified format switcher enables infrared, RS-232, TCPIP, audio, and consumer electronics control interconnection with the high definition multimedia interface.

Abstract: Provided is a remote control terminal, including: a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with a control-target information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system, to control the information processing apparatus; a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system; a camera unit configured to obtain video data; and a first controller configured to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to transmit the video data obtained by the camera unit to the information processing apparatus by using the second wireless communication system.

Abstract: A method of operating a miniature projector that comprises: receiving image data to project; generating light beams for a screen; scanning the light beams according to a first pattern from a first edge to an ending edge in the screen to form at least one image, the first pattern being a wave pattern of scan lines such that amplitudes oscillate along a first axis as the beams progressively scan along a second axis, the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first pattern has a first oscillation from the first edge that is directed in a first direction along the first axis; and scanning the light beams according to a second pattern from a second edge to a second ending edge for the screen to form at least another image, the second pattern being a wave pattern of scan lines such that amplitudes oscillate along the first axis as the beams progressively scan along the second axis, wherein the second pattern has a first oscillation from the second edge that is directed in a sec

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable elevating supporter for TV which comprises: a combination seat combined to and supporting a liquid crystal television; a supporter comprising: an upper support shaft having an upper end combined to the combination seat and a lower end provided with at least one pair of fixing insertion holes; and a lower support shaft having an axial hole in which the lower end of the upper support shaft is inserted and at least two pairs of insertion holes; an elastic limit piece received in the upper support shaft, and having two ends elastically abutting against the fixing insertion hole and one pair of the insertion holes; an adjusting spring received in the axial hole of the lower support shaft to elastically support the lower end of the upper support shaft upward; and a base connected to a bottom of the lower support shaft.

Abstract: The present invention is a slidable television track that includes a pair of rails attached to a ceiling or a wall, a wheels track disposed between the pair of rails and a pair of roller wheels received by the wheels track. The slidable television track also includes an attachment stem that contains television cable and a plurality of electrical power wires that are utilized by a flat screen television and a television attachment bracket attached to a back portion of the flat screen television, the television attachment bracket secures the back portion of the flat screen television to the second end of the attachment stem.

Abstract: A television set includes a television set main body that includes a display portion on its front surface and that is disposed such that its rear surface faces a wall, as well as a speaker unit for left-side audio and a speaker unit for right-side audio for the television set main body. Furthermore, the speaker unit for left-side audio and the speaker unit for right-side audio are each disposed in a space between the television set main body and the wall so as to output audio in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the display portion of the television set main body.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes a polarization beam splitter, a first phase compensation plate including two layers, and a light modulator. Each layer has a constant axial angle, and an optical axis of each layer inclines with respect to the x axis in an xz plane. The axial angle of the layer closer to the polarization beam splitter among the two layers is larger than the axial angle of the layer farther from the polarization beam splitter. 20°??max??min?80° is satisfied where ?max is a maximum value of the axial angle and ?min is a minimum value of the axial angle. 40°??ave?70° is satisfied where ?ave is an average value of axial angles of the two layers.

Abstract: To effectively suppress speckle noise generated when coherent light is used as a light source in a projection type image display device using an LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon). A projection type image display device according to the present invention includes: a light source that emits coherent light; an optical scanning section that scans the coherent light emitted from the light source; an LCOS that has an image formation area in which an image is formed; a projection optical system that projects an image formed on the image formation area on a screen; and a hologram that has polarization selectivity and diffuses scanning light scanned by the optical scanning section so as to allow diffusion light emitted from respective points thereof to illuminate the image formation area in an overlapping manner.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a transparent substrate and a touch module disposed thereon. The touch module includes a first stack structure that includes the following elements. A transparent carrying layer has an active area, an extending area, and a plurality of bending segments respectively connecting the active area and the extending area. A patterned conductive layer has an electrode pattern area and a plurality of bonding pads that extend from the electrode pattern area disposed on the active area. A plurality of extending wires connect the bonding pads, and extend to the extending area. A transparent adhesive layer covers the electrode pattern area. A wire protection layer covers a portion of each extending wire on the corresponding extending area. The transparent adhesive layer covers a portion of the bonding pads.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch panel comprising a conductive pattern having improved transmittance and concealing property, and the touch panel according to the present invention can have an effect of improvement in transmittance, a concealing property, and uniformity, and a reduction in strength of a diffraction pattern by reflection light in a conductive pattern by providing the conductive patterns comprising regions having different aperture ratios on both surfaces of a transparent substrate at predetermined positions, or laminating the transparent substrate having the conductive patterns comprising the regions having different aperture ratios.

Abstract: A transparent conductive substrate used for the detection of a touched position in a touch screen panel and a touch panel having the same. The transparent conductive substrate includes a base substrate, a transparent conductive layer formed on the base substrate, the transparent conductive layer including a pattern part which includes a transparent conductive film coating the base substrate and a non-pattern part through which the base substrate is exposed, and a polymer resin layer containing a resin that has a refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6, the polymer resin layer being formed on the transparent conductive layer while filling the non-pattern part, the thickness of the polymer resin layer from the pattern part ranging from 1 to 1000 ?m. The transparent conductive film includes a first thin film on the base substrate, a metal thin film on the first thin film, and a second thin film on the metal thin film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a display unit, a polarizer disposed on top of the display unit and having at least one edge extending beyond the display unit, multiple upper sensing series disposed on the polarizer, multiple upper peripheral circuits disposed on a peripheral region of the polarizer, each being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the upper sensing series, and a protective layer covering on the upper peripheral circuits.

Abstract: A capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel includes a substrate, and a black matrix formed on the substrate, where the black matrix includes a plurality of light-permeable regions. The touch panel also includes a plurality of color units each aligned with one of the light-permeable regions of the black matrix in a light permeation direction, where each of the color units includes a color resistor of one of a plurality of colors, and at least one transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of slots, where the slots of the transparent conductive layer are aligned with the color units of the same color in the light permeation direction.

Abstract: A control device (4) controls a varifocal lens (2) having a first substrate (20), a second substrate (22) facing the first substrate (20), and a varifocal component (14) disposed between the first substrate (20) and the second substrate (22). When an off signal is inputted to the varifocal component (14), the control device (4) stops applying voltage to the varifocal component (14), then applies voltage for a specific length of time, and finally stops the voltage. This reduces the duration of hazing that occurs during the switching of voltage application to the varifocal component (14).

Abstract: Electro-optical glare protection device comprising a liquid crystal (LCD) and an electronic control circuit (75) for controlling same, whereby a plane-parallel liquid crystal cell (LCD) is joint face to have at least on one side with a plane lens (33, 34, 37, 33, 42, 43, 46, 47, 52, 53, 56, 57) in order to form a neutral lens (31, 35) or an ophthalmic lens (41, 45, 51, 55) and in particular a multi-focal or progressive lens. This electro-optical glare protection device is preferably operated in a “normally-black” mode and comprises a wearing-switch (78) which detects whether the anti-glare device is worn or if it is pushed aside or put aside.

Abstract: A display panel displays a first image during a first subframe and a second image during a second subframe. A display panel driver provides the first and second images to the display panel. A light source part provides light to the display panel. A light converting element is disposed between the display panel and the light source part and includes a barrier part and a lens part disposed on the barrier part. The barrier part has a plurality of independently controllable barrier groups. A position detecting part determines a position of a viewer. A barrier driver controls the barrier part to selectively transmit light from the light source part based on the viewer's position. A single barrier group includes a plurality of barriers, and a single barrier includes a plurality of sub-barriers.

Abstract: A polarizing adhesive element includes a pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”), a compensating film, a polarizing film, a supporting film and an optical clear adhesive (“OCA”). The PSA has adhesion. The compensating film is disposed on the PSA. The compensating film is configured to compensate a phase difference of a light. The polarizing film is disposed on the compensating film. The polarizing film is configured to polarize the light. The supporting film is disposed on the polarizing film. The supporting film supports the polarizing film. The OCA is disposed on the supporting film. The OCA has adhesion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a 3D display device and a 3D display system, the 3D display device, comprising: a reflecting unit, reflecting light incident thereon; a polarization display unit, formed at a reflected light emitting side of the reflecting unit, and the polarization display unit for displaying images, converting incident natural light into polarized light and transmitting or blocking light reflected by the reflecting unit; and a polarization direction adjustment unit, formed at a reflected light emitting side of the polarization display unit, for converting the reflected light emitted from the polarization display unit into two sets of polarized light with different polarization directions.

Abstract: Technique for implementing a liquid crystal layer installed in a transmissive object installed in a vehicle. More specifically, a control system is configured to activate a liquid crystal layer that has been installed a vehicle. The control system then determines an ocular prescription strength of a driver, and sets a refractive index of one or more liquid crystal layers disposed within the liquid crystal layer to adjust a refractive index of the windshield to correlate with the determined ocular prescription strength.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) array structure and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel thereof are described. The TFT array structure includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of first data lines, a plurality of second data lines, a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of control module. Each of the control modules is coupled among the scan line, one second data line and one pixel unit. The second data line charges the later control module when the scan line is selected to be activated for charging the pixel unit by the first data line. The charged later control module charges another pixel unit when the scan line is inactivated and another scan line is selected to be activated for charging another pixel unit by the first data line. The TFT array structure can reduce the charging duration of the pixels.

Abstract: A shielding metal of an adjacent liquid crystal panel separated from a mother substrate remains at an outer end part of a terminal portion of a liquid crystal display panel. The shielding metal has a two-layered structure including first shielding metals arranged at predetermined pitches and second shielding metals arranged at predetermined pitches. An insulating layer is provided between the first and the second shielding metals. This makes it possible to prevent short-circuit in wirings on a flexible wiring substrate even if the wirings on the flexible wiring substrate are brought into contact with the first or the second shielding metal.

Abstract: Inspection pads are reduced when there is a need to input a plurality of control signals as inspection control signals. A display device includes: an integrated circuit; a first substrate on which a plurality of signal lines that respectively input the control signals to the integrated circuit, and an inspection pad are formed; and a driver circuit that that is mounted on the first substrate and connected to the plurality of signal lines. The plurality of signal lines include first and second signal lines adjacent to each other. The inspection pad is formed on the one signal line. The second signal line is connected to the inspection pad through a switch element. At the time of inspection, the switch element turns on, and the same control signal is input to the first and second signal lines from the inspection pad.

Abstract: Liquid crystal display device preventing brightness reduction of a backlight even when a recess is formed in a lower frame accommodating the backlight and a light-emitting diode substrate mounted with a light-emitting diode is accommodated in the recess. A backlight includes a reflection member arranged on the back side of a light guide plate, and the light-emitting diode irradiating the light guide plate with illumination light from a side portion of the light guide plate. The recess protruding on the back side is formed in the lower frame for accommodating and arranging the light-emitting diode substrate mounted with the light-emitting diode therein. A part of an end portion of the reflection member protrudes into a space formed by the recess toward the light emitting diode. A holding member is arranged between the reflection member and the lower frame at least to hold the protruding region of the reflection member.

Abstract: A backlight module includes at least one light source, a light reflecting member, and a frame. The light reflecting member includes a center reflecting part, two first peripheral reflecting parts, two second peripheral reflecting parts, and two extension parts. The extension parts extend from either first upper bases of the first peripheral reflecting parts or second upper bases of the second peripheral reflecting parts, respectively. The center reflecting part, the first peripheral reflecting parts, the second peripheral reflecting parts and the extension parts are integrally formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The extension parts of the light reflecting member are disposed on either first side parts of the frame or second side parts of the frame, respectively.

Abstract: A display module 1 of the present invention includes a first board 3, a second board 4, a base film 5, and a circuit member 2. The first board 3 and the second board 4 are bonded together to face with each other. The base film 5 is provided between the first board 3 and the second board 4 and extends outwardly from an end of the first board 3. The base film 5 has an insulating property and the extended portion is bent to an outer surface side of one of the first board 3 and the second board 4. The circuit member 2 is formed on the base film 5.